Pacers fire coach McMillan

The Pacers fired coach Nate

McMillan after suffering their second straight first-round sweep. The move comes after the team reworked the final year of McMillan’s contract and added a team option for 2021-22 earlier this month.

Facing shoulder surgery for the third time in less than three years, Blues winger Vladimir

Tarasenko is expected to miss the start of next season.

North Carolina State’s season opener at Virginia Tech was postponed from Sept. 12 to Sept. 26 because of a cluster of COVID-19 cases among Wolfpack athletes.